Ridge Lumber Yard might just sound like a place where you buy your wood when remodeling your house. It's not actually, as a matter of fact, Ridge has been gone for many years now. The Ridge we know/knew in Perry Hall has changed quite a bit since its lumber days. The Ridge that has been known for the past decade has been for skateboarding. Once the lumber yard shut down the skateboarders moved in so to speak. There were multiple levels which created different sections of ridge. There was everything above Big Ledge which had a bank, some rails, manual pads, and other assortments. there was the side where Manz Ledge and the euro gap were the main attractions. Then down below where the majority of skateboarding went down. There was a bank, multiple ledges, two quarter pipes, manual pad, boxes, handrails, gaps, euro gaps, and many other things. Ridge is a place where family was created. Where kids stayed out of trouble because all the trouble they wanted to cause was right there in one place on their skateboard. As of this past summer all that had been cut short due to people going against the skate movement and taking away the spot where we had oh so many memories and good times. I will never forget you ridge. Here is a video showing the good days ridge had to offer...Enjoy!
-Hugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDan3JUm6EQ
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